Things I'm bad at:

raising one eyebrow
lying
spotting turns
syncopation
spelling
cooking chicken
left turns
parallel parking
sleeping with my mouth closed
taking pictures
doodling

swimming
staying moisturized
sneezing quietly
winking

and obviously taking pictures of myself

Nellie McKay

totally going to have hair like that soooooon!

Friend Matt tipped me off to Nellie McKay who's got this old-timey, zany feel about her that I like. She's got a Doris Day tribute album, Normal as Blueberry Pie which is fantastic. I'm still going through her other albums which are on the zanier side. Spotify her.

http://www.nelliemckay.com/

Here's a vid Matt sent me:


Title track to PS I Love You


I love The Very Thought of You:

73 Reasons to Visit NYC

Ok, so I might not have 73 reasons to visit NYC, but I have a lot, and here are some of them...

1. Bestie Sarah has just moved to NYC for school and so I NEED to see her!
2. Other costuming and acting friends are moving to NYC and I want to visit them.
3. The Met.
4. MoMA
5. Guggenheim
6. New York History Museum
7. Whitney Museum
8. PLAYS and MUSICALS!!!
9. Fashion district.
10. mass transportation, will make me feel like I'm in London again?
11. SNL is in New York!
12. isn't Dan Stevens in The Heiress on Broadway soon....
13. Broadway and Off-Broadway (similar to PLAYS and MUSICALS!!!)
14. big city with interesting people to watch
15. Lincoln Center

I'm thinking a trip is in order for springtime.

Shakespeare's Sonnets iPad App

I do not have an iPad, but thanks to Hugh Bonneville and his prolific Twitter account I stumbled upon an iPad app with famous people reciting Shakepeare's sonnets. YES!

David Tennant Sonnet 12

Stephen Fry Sonnet 130 (My mistress' eyes...)

Patrick Stewart Sonnet 116

New (old) Project: Cross over party dress

Remember this? Well I haven't managed my time well and I don't have the money for all the bias silk and yada yada I'm making do with what I have and I'm excited! I draped and patterned the bodice on Saturday and finished the skirt pattern and did the mock up this afternoon. I need to add length at the shoulders is what I'm guessing. I need to make the bodice longer? surprise surprise. I did add quite a bit already though, so it is a little surprising.

 I have the luxury of lots of costume people around so I'll get some MFA friend of mine to do a fitting. We start building Hamlet next week so I'll try to get this done after hours by the end of this week...which probably won't work, but we'll see!

Just a simple dress bc I'm using the fabric on the left that I bought awhile ago with the bodice and the skirt going different directions.

Women I'm told I look like

Alright, let's try and blog regularly again, shall we?

I've been told I look like these women. Judy Greer is most common, I think bc she's got rippin' bags under her eyes like me. Cate Blanchett is second most suggested and Glenne Headly is a recent suggestion but "you're prettier than her of course".

At the end of the day I think it's the ball nose that's the common factor.

This entry brought to you by my mother

My mom Skyped me to get my new email address (not new, she just had the old one I shut down). About a minute later I got 18 emails with the following photos. This is what my mom thinks I think is interesting, she's pretty spot on. Thanks mom!!!

any captions are the subject of the email

"For Ashley, if she loved the Doctor"

"just weird" amen mom

"say amen" A-to-the-men

"stop drooling"

"really, stop drooling"

I've gotta give it to Star Trek for the win, it cracks me up.